Ed says, "Now, I'll bet you two
thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye."

The auditor can tell Ed isn't
blind, so he takes the bet.

Ed removes his dentures and bites
his good eye.

The stunned auditor now realizes
he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ed's attorney
as a witness. He starts to get nervous.

"Want to go double or nothing?"
Ed asks. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I
can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket
on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere
in between."

The auditor, twice burned, is
cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's
no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again.

Ed stands beside the desk and
unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't
make the stream reach the wastebasket on other side, so
he pretty much urinates all over the desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing
that he has just turned a major loss into a huge
win. But Ed's attorney moans and puts his head in his
hands.

"Are you okay?" the auditor asks.

"Not really," says the attorney.
"This morning, when Ed told me he'd been summoned for
an audit, he bet me twenty thousand dollars that he could
come in here and piss all over an IRS official's desk
and that you'd be happy about it."

Live in Tokyo, Japan in 1966,
it's George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Two names that,
said together, echo greatness through out the world.
Click on the above source, or'Here'
for my copy, to see this concert.

Using actual percentages, the
impact of a tax cut, and the public reaction that everyone
should be able to understand.

Suppose that every day, ten men
go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go
something like this:

The first four men (the poorest)
would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest)
would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided
to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed
quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw
them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he
said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.
"Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay
their bill the way we pay our taxes, so the first four men
were unaffected. They would still drink for free.
But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could
they divide the $20 wind- fall so that everyone would
get his 'fair share?'

They realized that $20 divided
by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's
share, then the fifth man and the sixth man
would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So,
the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each
man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded
to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so -

The fifth man, like the first
four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid $2 instead
of $3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead
of $7 (28%savings). The eighth now paid $9 instead
of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead
of $18 ( 22% savings). The tenth now paid $49 instead
of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off
than before. And the first four continued to drink
for free. But once outside the restaurant, the
men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the
$20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the
tenth man," but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed
the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too.
It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"

"That's true!!" shouted the seventh
man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only
two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first
four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all.
The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth
and beat him up. The next night the tenth man
didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had
beers without him. But when it came time to pay the
bill, they discovered something important. They
didn't have enough money between all of them for even
half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists
and college professors, is how our tax system
works. The people who pay the highest taxes get
the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them
too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just
may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking
overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D. Professor of Economics University of Georgia

For those who understand, no
explanation is needed. For those who do not, or will
not, understand, no explanation is possible.

As a native Californian and excellent
customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing
to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the immigration
and Naturalization Service in an effort to determine the process
for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to
you.

My reasons for wishing to change
my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stem from the
bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which
you voted. If my understanding of this bill's provisions is
accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States
for five years, what I need to do to become a citizen
is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the
last five years.

I know a good deal when I see
one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone
figures it out. Simply put, those of us who have been
here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I'm excited
about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return
for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply
to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent
result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes
in 2004 and 2005.

Another benefit in gaining illegal
status would be that my daughter would receive preferential
treatment relative to her law school applications.

If you would provide me with
an outline of the process to become illegal retroactively
if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be
most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance.

Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator
for Vermont, on March 30,2011 before the Senate, listed the
ten worst corporate income tax avoiders in the United States.

Benicia's own Valero Energy was
sixth on Sanders' list. It was the 25th largest company
in America with $68 billion in sales last year received a $157
million tax refund check from the IRS and, over the past
three years, it received a $134 million tax break from
the oil and gas manufacturing tax deduction. Valero
donates thousands of dollars in Benicia and the Bay Area while
avoiding paying any federal tax, reduced their property
tax by $350 thousand per year and pay only 4% user utility
tax versus 10% that Chevron pays.

"We have a deficit problem. It
has to be addressed," Sanders said, "but it cannot be addressed
on the backs of the sick, the elderly, the poor, young
people, the most vulnerable in this country. The wealthiest
people and the largest corpor- ations in this country have
got to contribute. We've got to talk about shared sacrifice."

Click on the top source, or 'HERE'for
my copy, to see Sanders four and a half minute speech
before the Senate.